The City Planners - Margaret Atwood Summary: The Canadian author/poet Margaret Atwood creates this piece of poetry‚ addressing the perfection‚ robotic‚ bland and uniform structure of the city as she takes a cruise through it on a relaxing Sunday weekend‚ something that she finds completely sickening. Throughout the poem‚ she addresses the sickening sense of conformity that she finds in the city as well as the hidden hand behind all of this – the ‘evil’ politicians of this world‚ she says.
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The proud lamp seemed to have stayed in a time which the rest of the city had forgotten. It was filled a deep blue‚ so pure that all dirt and grime seemed to reflect off it. The aroma of charm and grace which it breathed into the city made the street seem lit with a light the eyes were not advanced enough to detect. For the first time in a long while‚ I smiled at its comforting presence. I then remembered where I was. A city‚ in which decay had become a terminal disease‚ blackened concrete car parks
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As an unprecedented proportion of world populations find themselves living in cities‚ it is beyond question that initiatives such as the global TheSmarterCity.com are invaluable. By observing and sharing how other urban centers have faced the challenges of city planning‚ participants can design more and more efficient social systems. The website for Smarter Cities is very effective in illustrating the common facets of social systems by choosing a user friendly and easily understandable model of
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Lab 4 – Energy Sources and Alternative Energy Experiment 1: The Effects of Coal Mining Table 1: pH of Water Samples Water Sample Initial pH Final pH (24-48 hours) Pyrite 6 7 Activated Carbon 6 7 Water 6 6 NOTE: Picture below is after 48 hours of all three samples sitting in a warm place. POST LAB QUESTIONS 1. Develop hypotheses predicting the effect of pyrite and coal on the acidity of water? a. Pyrite hypothesis = If pyrite is in the water source‚ then it will make
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This book written by author‚ William J. O’Malley asks the questions about God and the existence of God. O’Malley tries to show people why faith in a God is important and in this book he goes through atheism‚ science‚ and different world religions to make a case for the profound significance of God. He debates the belief and unbelief of if there really is a God and why it matters to decide what a person believes. In the first chapter‚ O’Malley talks about human nature and the question of "Are
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MASDAR CITY Established in 2006‚ Masdar is a commercially driven enterprise that operates to reach the broad boundaries of the renewable energy and sustainable technologies industry – there by giving it the necessary scope to meet these challenges. Masdar operates through five integrated units‚ including an independent‚ research-driven graduate university‚ and seeks to become a leader in making renewable energy a real‚ viable business and Abu Dhabi a global centre of excellence in the renewable
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Contents Introduction 1 Eco city 1 Benefits of eco-cities 2 Ecological Sustainability 2 Economic Sustainability 2 Social Sustainability 2 Examples of eco cities 2 Masdar City 3 Arcosanti 3 Treasure Island 4 Challenges in transforming African cities into eco cities 4 Conclusion 5 Bibliography 5 Introduction Eco-Cities are places where people can live healthier and economically productive lives while reducing their impact on the environment. They work to harmonize existing
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occurrences of nature and‚ more explicitly‚ human nature. The grecian gods were more developed‚ but the main purpose of the religion was still to explain the world around them‚ albeit‚ more technical and elaborated than the Mesopotamian gods. The Greek and Sumerian gods served a purpose of pre-scientific explanation‚ a way to explain the unexplainable in a time before
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category. He directed three well-known films like‚ Rear Window(1954)‚ Dial M for Murder(1954)‚ and Psycho(1960). I watched the film Dial M for Murder(1954). I thought it was a very good thriller that that kept you at the edge of your seat because you never knew what was going to happen next. Woody Allen who liked to do magic tricks and play the clarinet in his younger days tended to direct comedy films. He often worked with Diane Keaton(they made 8 films together)‚ Mia Farrow(his former lover)
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these cultures idolize. These heroes not just appear in daily life‚ but these heroes were also carried over to their religious beliefs. The filmmakers did a great job of composing four stories from India‚ Indonesia‚ Korea and Japan. They break the film up into four parts were they use the art masterpieces and performances inspired by these tales. The first‚ “The Ramayana‚” tells the adventures of India’s legendary hero. Here we see Indian paintings‚ Indonesian sculpture and Japanese shadow play.
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